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" Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work. "

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" Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops. "

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" I'm working at trying to be a Christian, and that's serious business. It's like trying to be a good Jew, a good Muslim, a good Buddhist, a good Shintoist, a good Zoroastrian, a good friend, a good lover, a good mother, a good buddy - it's serious business. "

" Taxes, well laid and well spent, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, and promote the general welfare. Taxes protect property and the environment; taxes make business possible. Taxes pay for roads and schools and bridges and police and teachers. Taxes pay for doctors and nursing homes and medicine. "

" The problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in business models and Harvard business school teachings. "

" Networking is all about connecting with people. But then again, isn't that what life is about? The more time you can find to get out of the office and build true friendships, the farther your startup will go. Entrepreneurs need to remember to spend as much time working on their business as they do in their business. "

" Success in business today requires real-time, mobile access to business opportunities. "

" A well-maintained physique is a great business card. Ideas and intelligence are what matters, but if you have a well-maintained physique, it's better. "

" If people like you, they'll listen to you, but if they trust you, they'll do business with you. "

" The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife. "

" We evaluate all business decisions based on how we can best serve public school teachers and their students. "

" When I first became a lawyer, only 2% of the bar was women. People would always think I was a secretary. In those days, professional women in the business world wore hats. So I started wearing hats. "

" It's important to think good, speak good, and do good. If we want to see positive change in the world, then we need to connect to goodness. I try in everything I do, both in business and philanthropy, to make a positive change and do that by doing good. "

" So we really need jobs now. We have to take jobs away from other countries because other countries are taking our jobs. There is practically not a country that does business with the United States that isn't making - let's call it a very big profit. I mean China is going to make $300 billion on us at least this year. "

" The romantic person instinctively sees marriage in terms of emotions, but what a couple actually gets up to together over a lifetime has much more in common with the workings of a small business. They must draw up work rosters, clean, chauffeur, cook, fix, throw away, mind, hire, fire, reconcile, and budget. "

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" The purpose of a business is to create a customer. "

" If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it. "

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" Many people dream about being an entrepreneur, starting their own business, working for themselves, and living the good life. Very few, however, will actually take the plunge and put everything they've got into being their own boss. "

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" Empathy is the bridge to understand those who you may be lucky to one day lead, and it is - in my opinion - the most under-appreciated human skill in business. "

" All business leaders need to be technologists, as every industry now has a Netflix or an Uber on the horizon, threatening to upend business as usual. Apps are driving this disruption, and every enterprise needs to become an app company. "

" In business, if you realize you've made a bad decision, you change it. "

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" The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. "

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" Now, when it's time to get down to business, I get down to business. "

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" Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something. "

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